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Quantinuum and IBM Commit Investments to Jointly Grow the Quantum Ecosystem

PR NewswireFeb 23, 2022

Quantinuum announces a new investment by IBM, extending capabilities with IBM Quantum systems in joint commitment to grow the quantum ecosystem Quantinuum Joins IBM Quantum Ecosystem to Advance Quantum Computing Applications CAMBRIDGE, England and BROOMFIELD, Colo. , Feb. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Quantinuum today announced an agreement with IBM to expand the IBM Quantum Hub with Cambridge ...
Parascript Releases the Best-Ever-Yet Signature Verification with SignatureXpert.AI®

PR NewswireFeb 22, 2022

SignatureXpert.AI® provides signature verification for unprecedented accuracy. It enables signature authentication in applications including check processing, loan origination, voting by mail, petitions and countless other uses where it is crucial to detect signature fraud. LONGMONT, Colo. , Feb. 23, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Parascript, which has been delivering high-performing automation for ove...
Hankyung.com's introduces: Adding 'Hi Seoul' increased exports by 60%, establishing a bridgehead for overseas expansion of excellent SMEs

PR NewswireFeb 22, 2022

Seoul Business Agency (SBA) and Hankyung.com co-planned this article SEOUL, South Korea , Feb. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hi Seoul has nearly 1,000 companies, and sales increased by 18% by employing 50,000 people last year. Four companies of Hi Seoul have attracted more than 30 billion won in investment, doubling it within a year. When "industrial clusters" virtually gathered, companies c...
UK to sanction Russian banks, individuals

World NewsFeb 22, 2022

Prime Minister Boris Johnson says Britain is slapping sanctions on five Russian banks and three wealthy individuals over Russia's latest military moves on Ukraine. Johnson told lawmakers that sanctions would hit Rossiya Bank, IS Bank, General Bank, Promsvyazbank and the Black Sea Bank. He said three Russian oligarchs with interests in energy and infrastructure -- Gennady Timchenko, Boris Rotenb...
S. Korea reports over 150,000 daily COVID-19 cases for 1st time

Social affairsFeb 22, 2022

South Korea's new COVID-19 infections surpassed 150,000 for the first time Tuesday amid the fast spread of the omicron variant across the country. According to health authorities and local governments, a total of 158,005 cases had been confirmed nationwide as of 9 p.m., up 60,070 from 97,935 posted the same time the previous day. The previous daily high was set last Friday at 109,823. The total...
HDC, victims’ families agree on compensation over Gwangju accident

IndustryFeb 22, 2022

Bereaved families of six victims discovered dead at HDC Hyundai Development Co.’s construction site in Gwangju last month said they had reached an agreement with the firm Tuesday. Although the families did not disclose the exact amount of the compensation, they said they had to “give in a lot” in terms of the amount. The agreement comes two weeks after the last victim was discovered at the cons...
Germany suspends Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

World NewsFeb 22, 2022

Germany has taken steps to halt the process of certifying the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Tuesday, as the West started taking punitive measures against Moscow over the Ukraine crisis. Scholz said his government made the decision in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin's recognition of the independence of two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine tha...
Parallel Wireless, Türk Telekom and Juniper Networks Announce Leading-Edge Open RAN Initiative in Turkey

PR NewswireFeb 22, 2022

Enabling state-of-the-art 4G and 5G broadband communications and new applications NASHUA, N.H. , Feb. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Parallel Wireless, Inc. , the U.S.-based Open RAN company delivering the world's leading All G - 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G, cloud-native Open RAN solution, has announced a collaboration with Türk Telekom and Juniper Networks on a multi-vendor Open RAN initiative to del...
Russia recognizes Ukraine-held areas as part of rebel areas

World NewsFeb 22, 2022

Russia announced Tuesday that its recognition of independence for areas in eastern Ukraine extends to territory currently held by Ukrainian forces _ further raising the stakes amid Western fears that Moscow a full-fledged invasion of Ukraine is imminent. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia has recognized the rebel regions' independence ``in borders that existed when they proclaimed'...
Volkswagen plans IPO of Porsche to ignite EV shift momentum

World BusinessFeb 22, 2022

Volkswagen AG is preparing an initial public offering of Porsche, seeking a listing of its most profitable asset to help boost the parent’s valuation and fund the push into electric vehicles. VW’s preferred shares surged as much as 10% after the announcement Tuesday on a possible IPO outline between the carmaker and and Porsche Automobil Holding SE, a company controlled by the billionaire Porsch...
Yoon, Lee neck and neck at 42.7% vs. 42.6%: poll

PoliticsFeb 22, 2022

Main opposition presidential candidate Yoon Suk-yeol and ruling party candidate Lee Jae-myung are running neck and neck with 42.7 percent and 42.6 percent support, respectively, a poll showed Tuesday. The survey by Hangil Research was conducted on 1,027 adults from last Saturday to Monday. Yoon of the conservative People Power Party gained 0.3 percentage point from the pollster's previous surve...
Hybe tops W1tr in annual sales, first in K-pop industry

K-popFeb 22, 2022

Hybe has become the first K-pop management agency to surpass 1 trillion won ($838 million) in annual sales, boosted by successes of its artists led by global superstars BTS. The company said in a regulatory filing Tuesday its sales for 2021 were tentatively tallied at 1.25 trillion won, up 58 percent from the previous year. Its operating profit rose 30.8 percent on-year to 190.3 billion won with...
Culture minister proposes ‘Culture Olympics’ to IOC

CultureFeb 22, 2022

Culture, Sports and Tourism Minister Hwang Hee on Tuesday said that he plans to officially propose “Culture Olympics” to the International Olympic Committee. Hwang said that he pitched the idea to IOC President Thomas Bach at the Beijing Olympics, saying that an Olympics dedicated to culture would fit the goal of the sports event which brings the global communities together, providing opportunit...
Pylontech's ESS Helps Japan Reach its "Beyond Zero" Carbon Goals

PR NewswireFeb 22, 2022

SHANGHAI , Feb. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pylon Technologies Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Pylontech") recently obtained Japanese S-Mark certificate based on the JIS C 8715-2:2019 test standard from TÜV Rheinland Japan, an authoritative in-country certification body. Following the 37Ah energy storage cell (model: 37PN) passing the earthquake protection test earlier, Pylontech obtained ...
Pandemic’s bereaved seek accountability

Social affairsFeb 22, 2022

The first known COVID-19 death in South Korea was a 63-year-old hospitalized at a closed ward of a psychiatric hospital in Cheongdo, North Gyeongsang Province. The man, who was schizophrenic, died with pneumonia on Feb. 19, 2020, at the hospital where he had been a resident for over 20 years. He tested positive postmortem. In less than a week after his death, six more at the hospital lost their ...